STUDY OBJECTIVE: To present two cases of non-Hodgkin's ovarian lymphoma during adolescence. DESIGN: Follow up of the patients. Report of diagnostic and therapeutic approaches. SETTING: Division of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology and Corrective Gynecological Surgery, University of Athens (Athens, Greece). INTERVENTIONS: Laparotomy and chemotherapy. RESULTS AND MAIN OUTCOME: Three- and five-year survival rates. CONCLUSIONS: Ovarian lymphoma constitutes a rare entity with guarded prognosis. Selective surgery and chemotherapy constitute the treatment of choice.
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To present two cases of non-Hodgkin's ovarian lymphoma during adolescence. DESIGN: Follow up of the patients. Report of diagnostic and therapeutic approaches. SETTING: Division of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology and Corrective Gynecological Surgery, University of Athens (Athens, Greece). INTERVENTIONS: Laparotomy and chemotherapy. RESULTS AND MAIN OUTCOME: Three- and five-year survival rates. CONCLUSIONS:Ovarian lymphoma constitutes a rare entity with guarded prognosis. Selective surgery and chemotherapy constitute the treatment of choice.